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svscjKT" v-V*' *v* v-..- / *-r^,- ' . "' ' Wm I I 1 '-V ' ;' ' :v I ' " : ^ v ? v. S^?>>;:^ ^ ^*-*+2"*-^ iv - ~"' ?" " v AN INTER.NATIOP 4-'" These fragile craft, driven by liigli-pov have attained a speed of ip, | FRUIT STATUETTES. JLJo you Know mar an orange mu^w j turned into an article of amusement while.you enjoy eating part of it at the same time? It will make very funny little statues, and you can become a ^ fruit sculptor in no time. First choose your subject. Take a Chinaman, for instance. You can make r a lifelike Chinaman from two oranges, ^one large and one small. Cut into the jacket of the little orange, carefully removOng part of the peel so as to form the eyes and mouth, -as shown in the picture. Make the eyes small, the nose flat -and broad and the mouth large. Then cut flaps out of the sides and turn p-; them outward?these are the ears, which should be very large. Now you get a chance to eat part of the larger orange, as you are to clean all the fruit from one-half, and turn < -a rPK,*? the peel up neatly an arounu. j.m? makes the hat with its brim. Stand the other half on its flat side, its curved t top forming the Chinaman's chest and p>rv -shoulders. You can further dress him by par ill ^. - * THE ORANGE CHINAMAN. i lag a piece off around the hat brim, which will do for a beautiful yellow I ?carf. His eyebrows are formed by two sharp cuts over the eyes and he is ' completed by a pigtail made of a I strand of twine, which can be fastened to the back of Hop Sing's head. Origin of the Japanese. The Japanese are not as mixed a tace as the modern Britons, but they liave a very complex origin. It is certainly not correct to regard them as ^ - originally Chinamen, for while they do -possess Chinese blood, there is certainly a Korean strain in them, as well as one derived from the Malayans and ^another from the Ainos or aboriginal inhabitants of the islands?the "savages" of Japanese historians. There 2?ts. consequently, been none of that disastrous inbreeding which is fatal Pto animals, nations and aristocracies; and latterly there is evidence that the Jap is growing taller.?London ChronH Icle. , twimiHnn nt " Punmna." It is supposed by some that Panama -derived its name from the native word *or butterfly. Explorers of the interdor tells of swarms of butterflies which cat times rise on slopes of the mountains in dense clouds darkening the - -sunshine. Others maintain that the name is from an Indian word meaning -abounding in fish. j .1 apart'* Many Capitals. Japan has had 10 fewer than sixty -different capitals within historic dimes. | !> ? JAPANESE STOREHOUSES A i - -,v -- ?????? ? . 11 * g ^ v' k'V.v- rv,? - - ' - ' \ - ^' '? . '-./ '< ,. ' ; ' " " '. '; " ::? ?.' 'h'K ' ': .... g". ; ' #.'. V:/-;-' .- : > pllll ' " ?.. v-.-.;- . ..; ; : ..;y. ,. ; . << **. \^?*aW g-\\" i g *AL MOTOR-BOAT RA< c * ' rered automobile engines, are only from nearly thirty miles an hour, or as great destroyer six or eight times the length. A GERMAN MEMORIAL TO SHAKESPEARE . Shakespeare Day was observed in Weimar by the unveiling of a marble statue of the poet in the park by the SHAKESPEARE STATUE AT WEIMAR. Grand Duke. The statue, which is the work of Herr Otto Lessing. has been erected by the German Shakespearean Society, and is the finest monument to the poet's memory erected in Germany. KOREAN GUIDE POST. This is the sort of thing the traveler in Korea constantly runs across in hi* travels on the public highway. Inci dentally only is it a guide post. Its principal use is to frighten away evil spirits with which the country is believed to swarm. Indian Chief Friend of Whites. Chilkoot Jack, a staunch friend of the whites, has been elected chief of the Cliilkat tribe of Indians in Alaska, to succeed Donowoka. the aged warrior who died last March. The new chief has a wide reputation as an in^ trepiil guide and brave warrior and belongs to the most influential family in his tribe. The Kids' Chronicle is the title of a new Liverpool journal. It is published by the Street Arabs' Institute. JtD BARRACKS HADE IN JAPAN AND < i^ospSA**-' > ?From Collier's Weekly. :E AT MONACO. twenty-five to forty feet long, yet they ; as that of a torpedo-boat AN IDEAL FARM DIVISION How a Well-Known Missouri Agriculturist Secures a Goo J Deal of Profit an J Com ort. The accompanying sketch shows the division of Mr. Decker's farm in Green County, Mo. Last year the crops raised were forty acres of wheat, forty acres of corn, forty acres of gras3. i In addition to this there were forty acres of pastur? divided into two lots, with a small pasture next to the bam and feed lots. As will be noted, Mr. Decker believes in tree planting and has a tract containing 1.100 maple and cedar trees and in addition has trees planted along a _ 1" North -~w~ ? 40 rtcro <4 /- In Wheal [ Sold n 40 /^crc5 i ^ ^ ? ^^ ^ 20 Acres (r> nea^dow | Pasture ?. .5 20 Acres ? 40 Acres i; ? Pasture In Corn Pasture oik ran t* pa^K Tr#? /0<* 1500 Trees # (r r\aPi? ^ Spnr^rv ? Cgd&rl . Grra.v<2i ; usaik \sSa.r?ur\ Trees - *K\* ? South ? PLAN* OF IDEAL FARM. tbe streets or roads. He also believes !?i fw>rkri mode and hflS Jl StT.n Of UTavel road in front of his house and barn. A small calf pasture is provided next to tlie barn and a few acres of oats are grown .in the southeast corner of the farm. A pleasing feature of this farm is the large proportion of land in pasture and meadow. It is only by raising stock and leguminous crops that soil fertility can be maintained. Mr. Decker Is one of Missouri's progressive and successful farmers?Orange Judd Farmer. A MAGICIAN AND HIS STRONG EGG The writer once saw a magician hold up before his audience an egg and a cannon ball, and after talking a few minutes about the strength of an arch, and still more of a perfect dome?as represented by the shape of an egg?he remarked that few persons know how strong an egg really is. "In proof of that," he said, "I will now place an egg, without covering of ?"' i-jiifi in cnr>'i n nosition that no U Uv> 1\ lint, A 44 IPV.V*- t one can break it with the cannon ball." /~j y j ' I HOW THE EGG IS PLACED. | How did be do it? Simply by putting \ j the egg on the fi "or close in one corner j of the room when. the projecting walls I gave it perfect projection, for the can- 1 ; non ball, when rolled at it, struck j the two walls and could not touch the I pcro* i * OP* }UiCKL? PUT UP IN KOREA. ' - .? rV.; * | Agricultural. #0 # 00 ## o ? a Cultivate Orchard Land. I Orchards should be cultivated. When the soil in an orchard becomes hard and packed, soil will lose at least 6000 more pounds of water per day per acre, under the law of capillary attractions, thanVhere the surface is stirred at least every four weeks. Sow a peck of peas to each acre of the orchard, and they will shade the land, loosen the soil and at the same time fertilize | the subsoil. The hogs will eat the pea vines and wormy fruit and the land will be getting in better condition. Sweet Corn and Rape. In many sections sweet corn is grown in large quantities for canning purposes, as well as for marketing in j the usual way. i As a rule, rape in field corn is so i shaded that it does not get a good j start, but the more open plan of raisi ing sweet corn gives the rape a chance. When properly sown, at the rate of seven to ten pounds per acre broadcast at the last plowing of the corn it will give one a line crop for pasturing later in the season and not in the least in( jure -the corn crop. It is worth trying j on this plan, especially as the seed is I not expensive, from twelve to fifteen ! cents per pound in ten-pouud lots of { the Dwarf Essex, the only variety wor| thy raising. Bedding Material. As it is an object to make a^l of the manure possible, the bedding of all animals will be found to aid very materially in the matter. If there is no straw that can be used for bedding, any waste material available can be substituted. Some farmers use large quantities of sawdust, and shavings from the mills are found available. Anything that will absorb the liquid and keep the animals comfortable and clean will answer a good purpose. The hogs will use up and turn into a .good fertilizer a large amount of coarse material, and here may be used what would hardly be suitable for cattle or horses, unless run through a cutting machine. Keep these animals well' supplied with material and note if they do not give full value for everything furnished in this line. Balkj Horses. A writer gives the following cure I Tor baity norses: rate a sman rope and firmly attach it to the horse's tail. Take a turn on the doubletree or cross bar, giving slack enough to tighten the traces. If the horses refuse to pull tighten this rope until the draft comes on the tail. No horse ever refuses to pull by his tail. When the horse starts the tail-hold may be relaxed until the draft comes on the traces again. Many balking horses will refuse to start, and others will start off all right, but if stopped will refuse to pull. The way to treat this form of vice is to pull on the tail rope until the draft comes partially on the tail. Then he will go. The tail draft may then be gradually relaxed until all the draft rests on the traces. Persist in this treatment and a permanent reformation is a sure result Late Plowing. With proper management plowing can be followed until the ground freezes. There are some kinds of soils, particularly of a heavy or cloggy texture, that it is considered better to ! plow late, thus exposing to the action of the winter frosts. Some farmers like to plant corn on grass land manured in the fall and then plowed as late as possible before planting, in this way turning under a considerable amount of vegetable material along with the manure, thus getting excellent results in the crops grown. This plan makes more spring work, but to a certain extent it may be, and doubtless is, a profitable course to pursue. Farmers should be fully persuaded in their own minds as to these things, afid follow the methods that experience proves to he the most satisfactory and profitable for them. Supplying Water to Plants. It is net easily understood by some that plants cau be overwatered. But the fact is, they may be literally drowned, and this often happens. The position of water in the life j workings of a plant is chiefly that of I carrier; it is taken up by the roots, 1 carries food to all parts of the plant, and mostly passes off in the atmos! phere through the leaves. This routine is necessary; without it growth cannot be made, while a surfeit of water brings decay of the parts in touch with the excess. The times when overwetering is most possible are when a plant is without i /lAwmonf Al? nop vlr CA fin/1 i i tT ii. > t*3j uv/iiuaiit vi utuiij wvf mmv* water cannot be used speedily; when j the soil is heavy and does not give up . the moisture quickly; when a plant has been recently transplanted and new feeding fibers have not been formed to j take up the moisture, and when everI greens are in question, the leaves ?f | .which do not pass the water so readily. House plants may suffer for lack of regular watering if the atmosphere be warm; thorough soaking, but that once is all that is needed, and that the plant can well stand. Getting a Stand of Clorer. Although the principal object of growing clover is to increase the nitrogen of the soil, land should be seeded to clover for this purpose long before it approaches a condition of actual poverty. Although the poorest field may lie the one most in need of additional nitrogen, it is not the one tliat will re- ] ceive most benefit from the clover; crop, as it does not contain liumus enough so that a good catch of clover can be expected. The poorest fields should have a good large share of the j barnyard manure plowed under, so J that they may be ready for clover seed-1 ing another year. The clover seeding should be confined to lands with a suf-! ficient supply of humus so that a good ; catch may be obtained. There are sev- ; oral definite reasons why soils rich in humus' give the best clover catch, j These soils retain more moisture and in a capillary way. They are in a better physical condition, and plant food is not only plentiful but available. Suitable preparation of the seed bed is of almost equal importance with humus. The most common practice is to seed clover after grain in ordinary cultivated fields, but the plan only succeeds well on comparatively new land, rich, mellow and crumbly. Ordinary grain fields are rather unfit for the tiny clover seeds'. Unless these are scattered on a smooth, well pulverized surface, many will fail to lodge at a depth permitting germination, and many will be covered too deeply. Also a poorly pulverized soil does not permit the rise of the needed capillary moisture. The field should be planked and dragged to a good seed-bed. and uniform covering. Rye makes the best nurse crop, as the clover gets the sun the quickest, and the stock should always be kept oft the first year.?Prairie Farmer. \ CTiIcJten Coop. Here is a sketch and description of a coop and run for setting hen and ! /.1,!/>1.S S.nn rnnet in <+ till thi? I xacj v.uu &vi/oh A? M?* hen leaves them. Ends one inch thick or more; make ends first 2 ft., 2% in. long, back edges 2 ft.. 3 in., front edge 1 ft., 11 in. Front and back should be y2 in. thick. Nail box together and nail two pieces on inside of back and front of coop 3x1, on which put a loose floor. Now take two pieces 2%xl in., 7 ft. long. Nail one on each side of coop at top edge of front, keep the back one same distance from bottom. Let thern oveihacg C in. at each end, to form handles. Put two on bottom G ft. long; nail cross pieces same size, between the ends to form the run. Now, cut plasterer's lath in half for end of run and leave a space of 3 in. c /- in#'" to slide a thin board in, another space 2y2 in. to slide a piece in. Space the remainder and nail on. Cover front, back and top with lath or wire netting. Make an .opening in end of coop for hen, and cover with a sliding board, from back to front to keep hen in and skunks out. Now make j^our roof. Let it project 3 in. both ends and front; put leather hinges all the way along the back and shingle the joints to keep rain out. To make the above give the best results it needs two pieces in between the rails, thus, X. Then nail the laths on 1*4 in. apart. Wlien you want to connne me chicks in the run put loose laths in between them. When they are big enough to run around take the loose laths out, so they can go in and out at will. Now put a piece 2x1 on each end 12 in. from the floor to put perches on, and put dirt, water, feed and grit in the coop when you set the hen.?J. Hagley, in The Epitomist. Ventilating Stables. The trouble in- ventilating most stables is that the windows are situated directly back of the animals and to open them in the winter means draughts which are likely to be dangerous. The illustration shows a plan fnr nrnvulin?? ventilation without in- I terfering with the window proper. About two inches over the top of the window three holes are made, each two or more inches in diameter. A frame is built over these holes in which to run a slide, or clips of sheet iron may be placed in position as. shown a.t the lower part of the picture, between which the sliding board may be run. This slide should be wide enqugh so as to cover the holes thoroughly, and tit snugly, so that* when in place no air can come through the holes. A handle of iron is placed on one end for handling the slide easily. By this method as little air can come in as one Hjop'o.'f jf ventilation foe stables. wishes, or one may obtain all that can come in through the three holes by pulling the board out entirely. This ventilating idea is very easy to arrange and the expense is merely nominal. Further, by its use the window may be fastened to remain closed all winter, and any cracks around the casing filled in with paper, for the three holes will provide all the ventilation needed in cool weather. This plan is so simple and works so well that there is no excuse for not putting it in operation in every barn. , WHl f t ' 4 The Boy Essayist The* boy was rearing the tfrae of" his graduation from the high schooL He was a favorite in the school, says .;" , the Levistoa Journal, but he had taken higher rank on the base-ball and football fields than he had in th9 classroom, and this was when he began to be sorry. The "exercises" of graduation day loomed large before him. He was down for an essay. It looksd more formidable than any obstacle he had ever encountered on , tho athletic field, and the nearer the day came the larger it lcoked. There was a- Harvard man staying in the village at the time, and to him, finally, the young athlete went and besought his help in the writing, of . * the essay. The university man was amused, but he concealed his ejBfo- Jf tions. s Jp jS . "Well," he said, 'a graBuatiaft' SMf say is a fussy piece of work. R&av? not done much writing lately, and I hardly feel like tackling such a job." The boy's face fell. "Still," the Harvard man added, "I don't know?perhaps?I suppose you have picked out the subject you want to write about?" "Yes," answered the young athlete, "the subject is 'Self-Reliance.'" AGAIN HER DEAR FRIENDS. Maud?Have you been to sedy Natalie Longpast? I hear she's ill. Mabel?Yes, poor, 4 ear old thing! $ She's .the happiest, woman you ever J saw. >'The doctor tells her it's **<*>!>: Jk ing cough, and that's a juvenile complaint, you know.?Chicago Tribune. flTSpermanently cu$edL.;jlo fits or ness after drat day's use of Dr. Klines (Stoat ? NerveRestorar.fdtrialbottlesiid trajjfcisifree > Dr. R. H. Kltx*. Ltd.. 981 Arch St.. Pa | After listening to a poor young man's ' t tale of woe it's no to the heiress to give J him a helping hand. ^ Uie Allen'* Foo*-Ka?e. It is the only care for Swollen, Smarting, Tired, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet,Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a pokier * # to be shaken into the shoes. Cures while s^ou walk. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, i!5e. Don't accept any Substitute. Sample sent Fbsx. Address,Allen S. Olmsted. LeEoy, N.Y . . HIS CHOICE. "I shan't put up with your conduct any longer. I intend to go home to mother." "Well, anything is preferable to hav* Ing her heje."?Chicago Journal. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Chexzt A Co., Toledo, 0. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transac- ^ tions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. . West A Tbuax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0, Waedixo, Kinxax A Mabvix, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. Hal 1 's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, actint* direetlv uiwn the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sol<l by all Druggists.. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation ANOTHER JUDGE. . [ .j Old Binks?I fear you've been tried by adversity, my friend. Bustitt?That wasn't 'is name, gtrv'- -* nor, but he guv me six months.?Chi? cago Journal. When a woman stops crying over her troubles it's a sign that she has resumed the celebration of her birthday anniversary. t Mrs.TTinslow'a Soothing Syrup for children teething, soften the gums, reduces Mswaar tion, allays pain,cures wind colic, 25c.a Dottle If it weren't for their mistakes a great *, manv men would never be heard of. Piso'aCurefor Consumption is an infallible medicine for oougks and oolds.?N. W. Saotzl, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. People may not think you. a fool, yet they may not be in a position to deny it. I " !! ? i * rm I FIBROID TUMORS CURED. 1 Mrs. Hayes'First Letter Appealing to Mrs. Pinkham for Help: " Deae Mbs. Piskham :?I hare been under Boston doctors' treatment for a long time without any relief. They . tell me I have a fibroid tumor. I cannot sit down without great pain, and the soreness extends up my spine. I ) have bearing-down pains both back ' and front. My abdomen is swollen, and I have had flowing spells for three years. My appetite is not good. I can" * * 4. ? ?.? . not w&1k or do on my lccb wt Uuj , length of time. "The symptoms of Fibroid Tumor given in your little book accurately ' describe my case, so I write to you for . advice." ? (Signed) Mss. E. F. Hates, 252 Dudley St (Eoxbury), Boston, Mass. Mrs. Hayes' Second Letter: " Deab Mrs. Phtkham : ?Sometime , ago I wrote to you describing my symptoms and asked your advice. You replied, and I followed all your directions carefully, and to-day I am a well woman. "The use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound entirely expelled the tumor and strengthened my whole system. I can walk miles now. "Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is worth five dollars a drop. I advise all women who are afflicted with tumors or female trouble of any kind to give it a faithful trial." ? (Signed) Mrs. E. f. Hayes, '*/ 252 Dudley St. (Roxburv). Boston, Mas* ? 95000 forfeit if original cf abooe letters proebig genuineness cannot be produced